Civic Engagement about Climate Change: A Case Study of Three Educators and Their Practice

This collective case study examined how three educators (a high school social studies teacher, a university social studies teacher educator, and minister teaching an adult population) used a multimedia based curriculum guide, "Teaching the Levees", to teach about climate change to examine...

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Published inJournal of social studies research Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 47 - 74
Main Authors Chandler, Thomas, Marri, Anand R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Society for the Social Studies 2012
Subjects
Adult Education
Adult Educators
Citizen Participation
Clergy
Climate
College Faculty
Connecticut
Diseases
Ecology
Ethics
Fuels
Higher Education
Interviews
New Jersey
New York
Public Policy
Secondary Education
Secondary School Teachers
Social Studies
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Methods
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
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Summary:This collective case study examined how three educators (a high school social studies teacher, a university social studies teacher educator, and minister teaching an adult population) used a multimedia based curriculum guide, "Teaching the Levees", to teach about climate change to examine public priorities in relation to the environment. Specifically, we examined the three educators' pedagogy using an ecojustice theoretical framework, which focuses on the Earth in relation to extreme weather events associated with climate change, fossil fuel dependency, human illness and death linked to changing global temperatures, and the loss of tens of thousands of species. During their instruction, the educators focused on aspects of civic engagement, in an effort to critically examine climate change problems, as well as to conceive of possible solutions. Upon using the "Teaching The Levees" curriculum guide, the three educators also came to believe that climate change was one of, if not the most important public policy issue of the 21st century. As such, they often encouraged learners to consider being part of an emerging social movement which addressed contemporary climate change oriented problems and solutions. (Contains 1 table.)
ISSN:0885-985X